Annals of Internal Medicine

Article	Citations
Annals Graphic Medicine - The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Graphic Narrative	277
Summary for Patients: Metformin Use in the First Trimester of Pregnancy and Risk for Nonlive Birth and Congenital Malformations	246
Civility, 1968	220
In rheumatic heart disease–associated AF, rivaroxaban increased adverse vascular outcomes vs. VKA at 3 y	205
Annals for Educators - October 2022	194
Aspirin use is associated with reduced risk for hepatocellular carcinoma	185
In persons aged ≥45 y, the mt-sRNA test had 94% sensitivity for colorectal cancer and 46% for advanced adenomas	179
Moving Stroke Rehabilitation Forward and Into the Future	160
Annals Video Summary - Bleeding Risks With Non–Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants Versus Single Antiplatelet Therapy	158
In T2DM, periconceptional, noninsulin, second-line antidiabetes medications were not linked to major congenital malformations vs. insulin	158
In adults aged 50 to 69 y, invitation to screening with FIT was noninferior to invitation for colonoscopy for colorectal cancer mortality at 10 y	156
ACP provided strong and conditional recommendations for drug treatment in outpatients with acute episodic migraine	152
Annals for Hospitalists - January 2024	150
In acute episodic migraine attacks, triptans, with or without NSAIDs, vs. NSAIDs alone reduce pain at 2 h and up to 48 h	148
Annals Video Summary - Vitamin D and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in People With Prediabetes	142
Annals Story Slam - Loss of a Best Friend	136
Annals Video Summary - The Effect of Practitioner Empathy on Patient Satisfaction	134
Medical Masks Versus N95 Respirators for Preventing COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers	132
The Use of Opioids in the Management of Chronic Pain	130
Annals Consult Guys - Care of a Patient With Left Ventricular Thrombus	122
Annals Video Summary - Effect of Yoga on Frailty in Older Adults: A Systematic Review	119
Medical Masks Versus N95 Respirators for Preventing COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers	119
Annals Video Summary - Effectiveness of Opioid Analgesic Medicines Prescribed in or at Discharge From Emergency Departments for Musculoskeletal Pain	116
In patients with acute MI, spironolactone did not reduce cardiac events at 3 y	115
ACP Updates Family and Medical Leave Policy	114

Patients surviving COVID-19 had lower risk for long COVID in the Omicron vs. earlier eras	112
An intensivist-led telemedicine strategy did not reduce ICU LOS vs. usual care in critically ill patients	111
In carotid stenosis with low or intermediate risk for stroke, adding revascularization to OMT did not improve outcomes at 2 y	109
In the general population, salt substitutes vs. regular salt reduce BP levels, CV outcomes, and mortality	108
Prevalence and Management of Obesity in U.S. Adults With Type 1 Diabetes	107
Understanding the Varying Biological Behaviors of Breast and Other Types of Cancer to Avoid Overdiagnosis	103
2022 Clinical Practice Guideline Update for Diabetes Management of Chronic Kidney Disease: An Important First Step, More Work to Do	101
In noncardiac thoracic surgery, low-dose colchicine did not reduce AF or myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery at 14 d	99
Reducing the Over-Diagnosis of Thyroid Disease	97
In H pylori infection, vonoprazan plus high-dose amoxicillin was noninferior to B-quadruple therapy for eradication	95
A Salty Odyssey: A Potassium-Enriched Journey Inspired by Don Quijote	92
Inaccuracy of Pneumonia Diagnosis: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same	91
Estimation of Breast Cancer Overdiagnosis in a U.S. Breast Screening Cohort	89
Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Long-Acting Therapies to Improve HIV Viral Suppression	84
Stories and Statistics	81
After ACS, telemedicine-based care with remote patient monitoring vs. usual care reduced hospital readmissions at 6 mo	81
Annals On Call - Surgery for Mild PTH	80
Benefits and Risks Associated With Statin Therapy for Primary Prevention in Old and Very Old Adults	79
Increasing Motivation for Lifestyle Change Is Not Enough to Treat Obesity	78
In menopause-related moderate-to-severe vasomotor symptoms not suitable for hormone therapy, fezolinetant safely improved symptoms	78
New use of thiazide diuretics vs. nonthiazide antihypertensive drugs was linked to hyponatremia over 2 y	75
Functional Status of Adults at Risk of Medicaid Disenrollment Under National Work Requirements	74
Effectiveness of the 2023-to-2024 XBB.1.5 COVID-19 Vaccines Over Long-Term Follow-up	74
Prescription	74
Trends in Concurrent Opioid and Benzodiazepine Prescriptions in the United States, 2016 to 2019	71
The U.S. Founding Fathers Recognized the Benefits of Immunization—We Need That Same Recognition Today	70
Evolving Practice Choices by Newly Certified and More Senior General Internists	70
In CKD, electronic letter nudges for patients or providers did not increase RASi or SGLT2i prescriptions at 6 mo	70
The Importance of the Childhood Immunization Schedule for Internal Medicine	69
Chronic Coronary Artery Disease	68
A Calling No Longer? When Medicine Is Redefined as a Job	68
Prevention of Recurrent Nephrolithiasis in Adults and Children	68
Improvements in Cardiometabolic Risk Factors by Weight Reduction: A Post Hoc Analysis of Adults With Obesity Randomly Assigned to Tirzepatide	66
Challenges in Estimating the Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccination Using Observational Data	66
Outpatient Treatment of Confirmed COVID-19: A Living, Rapid Evidence Review for the American College of Physicians (Version 2, Update Alert)	66
In moderate to severe chronic breathlessness, low-dose, long-acting oral morphine did not improve worst breathlessness at 28 d	65
Little Miracles	65
In patients with CAD, clopidogrel vs. aspirin monotherapy reduces MACCE without increasing major bleeding	64
Short-Term Adverse Outcomes After Mifepristone–Misoprostol Versus Procedural Induced Abortion	64
In hypertension with high CV risk, intensive vs. standard BP-lowering therapy improved HRQoL by a small amount at a median 3.4 y	64
Factors Associated With Circulating Sex Hormones in Men	63
Effectiveness of Recombinant Zoster Vaccine Against Herpes Zoster in a Real-World Setting	62
Severe Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity Among Gestational Carriers	62
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Versus Vancomycin for Primary Clostridioides difficile Infection	61
The Rise of Psilocybin Use in the United States: A Multisource Observational Study	61
Star Stuff	60
In acute decompensated HF, adding acetazolamide to IV loop diuretics reduced congestion at 3 d	60
Annals for Educators - June 2022	58
In adults receiving mechanical ventilation, selective decontamination of the digestive tract reduces hospital mortality	58
Late in the Afternoon	58

Annals Graphic Medicine - Dive	57
Bedside Manner	57
Correction: Accuracy of Ultrasound Jugular Venous Pressure Height in Predicting Central Venous Congestion	57
Comfort Measures Only	56
Ideation	56
Correction: Efficacy of Acupuncture for Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria	56
The Price of Admission	54
Accuracy of Ultrasound Jugular Venous Pressure Height in Predicting Central Venous Congestion	54
Nonpharmacologic and Pharmacologic Treatments of Adults in the Acute Phase of Major Depressive Disorder: A Living Clinical Guideline From the American College of Physicians	54
Annals On Call - Understanding Benign Neutropenia	54
Annals On Call - Atrial Fibrillation: When Ablation Is the Way to Go	54
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Understanding the Safety of Outpatient Care	52
Contact Tracing and Exposure Investigation in Response to the First Case of Monkeypox Virus Infection in the United States During the 2022 Global Monkeypox Outbreak	52
Beyond the Bacillus: Closing Gaps in Tuberculosis Health Disparities Requires Targeting Social Determinants	52
Lightning: Another Climate Change Threat	52
Science v. Ideology in Court: Mifepristone and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration	51
In adults with kidney failure, hemodiafiltration vs. hemodialysis reduces all-cause and CV mortality	51
In adults with TBI and anemia, liberal vs. restrictive RBC transfusion did not reduce unfavorable neurologic outcomes by 10% at 6 mo	50
Diagnostic Strategies for the Assessment of Suspected Stable Coronary Artery Disease	50
Oncology: What You May Have Missed in 2023	50
Bolstering the Medication Supply Chain and Ameliorating Medication Shortages: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians	50
Function and Frailty: Value Added in Medicare	49
Values and Preferences of Patients With Depressive Disorders Regarding Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Treatments	49
In older inpatients with polypharmacy, medication optimization did not improve outcomes at 48 wk	49
Summary for Patients: Hydroxychloroquine Dose and Risk for Incident Retinopathy	48
In RA, use of systemic glucocorticoids ≥5 mg/d (prednisolone-equivalent) was linked to MACE at 8.7 y	48
Diabetes Risk Factors in People With HIV Receiving Pitavastatin Versus Placebo for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention	48
In ASCVD, an inclisiran-first strategy reduced LDL-C levels and statin discontinuation at 330 d	48
The Benefits and Risks of Receiving Investigational Solid Tumor Drugs in Randomized Trials	47
Prevalence and Characteristics of Adrenal Tumors in an Unselected Screening Population	47
Risk for Bleeding-Related Hospitalizations During Use of Amiodarone With Apixaban or Rivaroxaban in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation	46
Deep Venous Thrombosis	46
Confirmatory Testing for Primary Aldosteronism	46
Time-Restricted Eating Without Calorie Counting for Weight Loss in a Racially Diverse Population	46
Long COVID Definitions and Models of Care	46
Annals Consult Guys - A Perplexing Case of Muscle Weakness	45
Annals Video Summary - Artificial Intelligence–Assisted Colonoscopy for Polyp Detection	45
Annals On Call - Encouraging Influenza Vaccination	45
Annals for Hospitalists - July 2024	45
Untangling the Benefits of Time-Restricted Eating: Is It the Calories or the Time Restriction?	45
In COVID-19 acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, awake prone positioning vs. supine positioning increases survival without intubation	44
In critically ill patients, preoxygenation with NIPPV or HFNC vs. face mask reduces hypoxemia during intubation	44
Annals On Call - Health Expenditures of Patients With Diabetes After Bariatric Surgery	44
How Would You Manage This Patient With Recurrent Diverticulitis?	44
Annals for Educators - February 2023	44
Annals for Educators - June 2025	44
Annals Graphic Medicine - Getting to a Place of Calm	44
Time-Restricted Eating Without Calorie Counting for Weight Loss in a Racially Diverse Population	44
Annals On Call - Virtual Urgent Care: Artificial Intelligence Versus Physicians	44
Annals Graphic Medicine - 2 Face Comics Presents: Art Is the Best Medicine	44
Annals Consult Guys - Noncardiac Surgery Following COVID-19: A Coast-to-Coast Update	44
Forgiving Physician Debt	44
SGLT2 inhibitors reduce adverse renal and CV outcomes in patients with or without diabetes	43
Visual Clinical Guideline - Newer Pharmacologic Treatments in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Visual Clinical Guideline From the American College of Physicians	43
Beyond the Diagnosis: Finding the Person in the Patient	43
A Risk Profile Using Simple Hematologic Parameters to Assess Benefits From Baricitinib in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19: A Post Hoc Analysis of the Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial-2	43
In prediabetes, oral vitamin D reduces progression to new-onset diabetes	42
Integrating Methadone Services Into Primary Care in Ukraine: Two-Year Outcomes From a Randomized Trial	42
How Would You Manage This Patient With Idiopathic Acute Pancreatitis? Grand Rounds Discussion From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	42
The Legal and Ethical Framework for Artificial Intelligence in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: A World Endoscopy Organization International Consensus Statement	42
Talking With Patients About Health-Related Mis- and Disinformation	42
Assessing Heterogeneity of Treatment Effect in Real-World Data	41
Preparing the United States for the Next Pandemic	41
Achievement of Guideline-Recommended Targets in Diabetes Care in China	41
Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - The Future of Hospital-at-Home Care	40
Medical, Societal, and Ethical Considerations for Directed Blood Donation in 2025	40
Q&A: ACP focuses on appropriate screening for breast cancer	40
Q&A: Looking beyond the CDC	40
Telehealth Strategies for the Delivery of Maternal Health Care	40
Irritable Bowel Syndrome	39
Annals Story Slam - I Know Them by Name	39
Artificial Intelligence–Assisted Colonoscopy for Polyp Detection	39
The Effect of Open-Label Semaglutide on Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease in People With HIV	39
In IBS, a smartphone application for self-managing a FODMAP-lowering diet vs. otilonium bromide reduced symptoms at 8 wk	39
Correction: Pharmacologic Treatment of Primary Osteoporosis or Low Bone Mass to Prevent Fractures in Adults	39
Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence in Patients With Transient New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation Detected During Hospitalization for Noncardiac Surgery or Medical Illness	39
Efficacy and Safety of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists for Weight Loss Among Adults Without Diabetes	39
Endocrinology: What You May Have Missed in 2024	38
In type 1 diabetes, weekly basal insulin Fc was noninferior to daily insulin degludec for HbA1c at 26 wk	38
Dear Fellow Introverts	38

Ensuring Adequate Preparation for Patient Care Through Interprofessional Team-Based Training and Postgraduate Residencies for Nonphysician Clinicians	38
Correction: 15-Year Benefits of Sigmoidoscopy Screening on Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality	38
In ischemic left ventricular systolic dysfunction, adding PCI to medical therapy did not reduce death or HF hospitalization	38
Annals Graphic Medicine - Dr. Mom: Medical Conference	37
Annals Consult Guys - Surgery After Thromboembolic Stroke	36
Blood Pressure Level in Late Adolescence and Risk for Cardiovascular Events	36
Annals Video Summary - Associations of Testosterone and Related Hormones With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Men	36
Correction: Resuming In-Person Learning	36
Annals Graphic Medicine - Being There	36
Annals Graphic Medicine - More Than Skin Deep	36
Annals Graphic Medicine - Beyond the Numbers	35
Annals Consult Guys - The ABCs of Atrial Fibrillation	35
Annals Consult Guys - The Case of the Restless Legs	35
Annals Video Summary - Attention Among Health Care Professionals: A Scoping Review	35
Annals On Call - Diagnostic Reasoning Part 1	35
Annals Video Summary - The Effect of SEP-1 Bundle Compliance and Implementation on Mortality Among Patients With Sepsis	34
Prayer Flags	34
Annals Graphic Medicine - The Substance Use Epidemic: A Graphic Narrative	34
In tobacco smokers with respiratory symptoms, a dual bronchodilator did not reduce symptoms at 12 wk	34
In patients with chronic neuropathic pain, cannabinoids improve sleep and reduce pain vs. placebo	33
U.S. State Medical Boards’ Antiracism Education Requirements for Physicians	33
Guideline recommends buprenorphine or methadone as first-line treatment for opioid use disorder (high certainty)	33
In drug-refractory IBS, group CBT with interoceptive exposure improved symptoms and QoL at 13 wk	33
In patients with ischemic stroke, NVAF, and ASCVD, adding an antiplatelet to OAC therapy did not affect net clinical benefit at 2 y	33
In AF, CHA2DS2-VASc 1 subgroups did not differ for predicting risk for arterial thromboembolism at 1 y	33
In type 2 diabetes, the BT-001 smartphone app reduced HbA1c more than a control app at 90 d	33
Living Practice Guidelines Require Robust and Continuous Iteration and Uptake	33
In adults with HIV and low-to-moderate CV risk, pitavastatin reduced MACE over a median 5.1 y	33
In mechanically ventilated, critically ill adults, conservative vs. usual supplemental oxygen did not reduce mortality at 90 d	32
In older, frail, VKA-experienced patients with AF, SD-DOACs vs. warfarin reduced thrombotic events without increasing major bleeding	31
Correction: Diagnostic Discordance, Uncertainty, and Treatment Ambiguity in Community-Acquired Pneumonia	31
Annals for Educators - December 2025	31
Medical Journals: Slow Boats in Rough Seas	31
Management of Hyperglycemia in Hospitalized Patients	31
Building the Beloved (Health) Community: Antiracism, Diversity, and Primary Care	30
Paternal Preconception Diabetes Drugs and Birth Defects in Offspring: A Call for More Conclusive Study	30
Suicide in U.S. Indigenous Persons: Reframing the Etiology and Solutions	30
Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing in Managing Overweight and Obesity	30
In patients receiving invasive ventilation, PPIs reduce upper GI bleeding but did not affect mortality at 90 d	30
SCCM issued recommendations for corticosteroid use in acutely ill adults with sepsis, ARDS, or CAP	29
In older adults, RSV prefusion F vaccine reduced hospitalization for RSV-related respiratory tract disease vs. no vaccine	29
In adults hospitalized with acute HF, predischarge influenza vaccination reduced a composite of mortality or readmission at 1 y	29
In older adults with impaired physical performance after MI, multidomain rehabilitation reduced CV death or CV hospitalization at 1 y	29
In patients with subclinical AF, apixaban vs. aspirin reduced stroke or systemic embolism at 3.5 y in those with previous stroke or TIA	29
Integrating Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement With Guidelines: Systematic Stakeholder-Driven Development of an Extension of the Guidelines International Network–McMaster Guideline Development	29
Illuminating the Value of Palliative Care in Cancer	29
Outpatient Treatment of Confirmed COVID-19: Living, Rapid Practice Points From the American College of Physicians (Version 2, Update Alert)	28
Comparison of Rapid Antigen Tests' Performance Between Delta and Omicron Variants of SARS-CoV-2	28
Advancing Physical Function Outcomes in Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Trials	28
Addressing Primary Care Needs in People Living With Sickle Cell Disease	28
Best Practices in Caring for Seriously Ill Patients	28
The Case Against Six-Month Limits on Buprenorphine Telehealth Prescribing	28
Stroke Rehabilitation: Synopsis of the 2024 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guidelines	28
The AABB and ICTMG issued recommendations on the restrictive use of platelet transfusions	28
Effectiveness of Nirmatrelvir–Ritonavir Against the Development of Post–COVID-19 Conditions Among U.S. Veterans	28
In patients with type 2 diabetes and recent MI, colchicine reduced a composite CV outcome at 23 mo	28
In RA in remission for >1 y, tapering TNFi to discontinuation did not meet noninferiority criteria compared with stable TNFi for disease flare at 12 mo	27
Primary Occurrence of Cardiovascular Events After Adding Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors or Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Compared With Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitors: A Cohor	27
Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis and Risk for Myocardial Infarction in a Danish Cohort	27
Trends in Discharge Rates for Acute Pulmonary Embolism in U.S. Emergency Departments	27
Risk for Congenital Anomalies in Children Conceived With Medically Assisted Fertility Treatment	27
Epidemiology of Coronary Atherosclerosis Among People Living With HIV in Uganda	27
Bipolar Disorder	26
In latent autoimmune diabetes in adults, mortality was similar to T2DM but retinopathy was higher at 5.9 y	26
Annals Consult Guys - Frailty: Its Role as a Risk Factor in Surgery	26
Standardization and Prediction to Control Confounding: Estimating Risk Differences and Ratios for Clinical Interpretations and Decision Making	26
In THA or TKA, risk for symptomatic VTE was higher with aspirin vs. enoxaparin at 90 d	26
USPSTF found insufficient evidence on the benefits and harms of screening adults ≥50 y for AF	26
Trends in Alcohol Use After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Cross-Sectional Study	26
Summary for Patients: Mortality and Morbidity in Mild Primary Hyperparathyroidism	26
Ankle Osteoarthritis: Successful Completion of a Challenging Clinical Trial Comparing Surgical Treatments	26
Grief's Terrain	25
In symptomatic AF with end-stage HF, adding catheter ablation to medical therapy improved clinical outcomes at 18 mo	25
Cognitively enhanced tai chi improved cognition vs. tai chi or stretching at 24 wk in older adults with MCI or memory concerns	25
In migraine with previous treatment failures, eptinezumab safely reduced migraine days at 1 to 12 wk	25
Affirmative Action Bans and Enrollment of Students From Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups in U.S. Public Medical Schools	25
In low-risk penicillin allergies, direct oral challenge was noninferior to skin testing followed by oral challenge	25
Enough Is Enough: On the Road to Eliminating “Sophie’s Choice” for U.S. Prescription Drugs	25
After PCI and 1 mo of DAPT for ACS, ticagrelor alone vs. continued DAPT for 11 mo reduced bleeding without increasing MACCE	24
Correction: Long COVID Definitions and Models of Care	24
In hospitalized patients with influenza, oseltamivir or peramivir may reduce hospital length of stay (low-certainty evidence)	24
In adults with BMI ≥27 kg/m2 and type 2 diabetes, adding tirzepatide to a lifestyle intervention increased weight loss at 72 wk	24
How Would You Manage HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in This Patient With Medical Comorbidities?	24
Correction: Deep Learning to Estimate Cardiovascular Risk From Chest Radiographs	23
In HF with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction, finerenone reduced worsening HF or CV death at 32 mo	23
Correction: The Relationship of Sex Steroid Hormones and Clinical Outcomes Is Complex	23
Anticoagulation for COVID-19: Seeking Clarity and Finding Yet More Gray	23
Denial, Old Friend	23
Self-reflection on an Elevated BMI	23
An Ordinary Day	22
In acute ischemic stroke with a large core infarct, endovascular thrombectomy reduced disability at 90 d	22
Rugers, Remingtons, and Reality: A Gun Lover's Plea for a Safer Second Amendment	22
Doctor Dad	22
misdiagnosis	22
Healing the Sick: A Timeline of Altruism	22